in Differential Equations with
Modeling Applications, 12th Edition
Dennis G. Zill
Sets - ANSWER ✓✓✓Collections of distinct objects or elements.
Relations - ANSWER ✓✓✓Associations between elements of sets.
Cardinality - ANSWER ✓✓✓Number of elements in a set. Power
Set - ANSWER ✓✓✓Set of all subsets of a set. Well-defined Set -
ANSWER ✓✓✓Set with clear membership criteria. Empty Set -
ANSWER ✓✓✓Set containing no elements, denoted as ∅ . Function
- ANSWER ✓✓✓Mapping from one set to another. One-to-One
Function - ANSWER ✓✓✓Each element maps to a unique element.
Onto Function - ANSWER ✓✓✓Every element in the target set is
mapped. Cyclic Group - ANSWER ✓✓✓Group generated by a
single element. Isomorphic Structures - ANSWER ✓✓✓Structures
that are structurally identical. Homomorphism - ANSWER
✓✓✓Structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures.
Ideal - ANSWER ✓✓✓Subset of a ring closed under multiplication.
Field - ANSWER ✓✓✓Set with addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division. Integral Domain - ANSWER
✓✓✓Commutative ring with no zero divisors. Unique Factorization
Domain - ANSWER ✓✓✓Every element can be factored uniquely
into primes. Gaussian Integers - ANSWER ✓✓✓Complex numbers
, with integer real and imaginary parts. Automorphism - ANSWER
✓✓✓Isomorphism from a mathematical object to itself. Galois
Theory - ANSWER ✓✓✓Study of symmetries in roots of
polynomials. Cayley Digraph - ANSWER ✓✓✓Graph representing
group elements and operations. Sylow Theorems - ANSWER
✓✓✓Theorems concerning the existence of p-subgroups. Direct
Product - ANSWER ✓✓✓Combination of two algebraic structures
into one. Vector Space - ANSWER ✓✓✓Set of vectors with
addition and scalar multiplication. Finite Fields - ANSWER
✓✓✓Field with a finite number of elements. Geometric
Constructions - ANSWER ✓✓✓Constructing figures using a
compass and straightedge. Factor Group - ANSWER ✓✓✓Quotient
of a group by a normal subgroup. Prime Ideal - ANSWER
✓✓✓Ideal such that if ab is in it, then a or b is. Maximal Ideal -
ANSWER ✓✓✓Ideal that is not contained in any larger proper
ideal. ℵ 0 - ANSWER ✓✓✓Cardinality of countably infinite sets.
|R| - ANSWER ✓✓✓Cardinality of the real numbers. 10ℵ 0 -
ANSWER ✓✓✓Represents sequences of real numbers in base 10.
nℵ 0 - ANSWER ✓✓✓Represents sequences in integer base n > 1.
Partitions - ANSWER ✓✓✓Ways to divide a set into non-empty
subsets. Equivalence Relation - ANSWER ✓✓✓Relation that is
reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Reflexive - ANSWER
✓✓✓Relation where x R x holds true. Transitive - ANSWER
✓✓✓If x R y and y R z, then x R z. Symmetric - ANSWER ✓✓✓If
x R y, then y R x must hold. One-element set - ANSWER ✓✓✓Set
containing a single element. Two-element set - ANSWER ✓✓✓Set
containing two distinct elements. Three-element set - ANSWER
✓✓✓Set containing three distinct elements. Combinatorial Count -
ANSWER ✓✓✓Counting partitions based on element distribution.
Positive Integers - ANSWER ✓✓✓Natural numbers greater than
zero. Modulus - ANSWER ✓✓✓Remainder when one integer is
divided by another. Complex Number - ANSWER ✓✓✓Number